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grav

grav

See also: gräv

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːv/, [ɡ̊ʁɑwˀ]

Noun

grav c (singular definite graven, plural indefinite grave)

  1. grave, tomb
  2. pit, ditch, trench
Inflection

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Etymology 2

See grave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːv/, [ɡ̊ʁɑwˀ]

Verb

grav

  1. imperative of grave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf

Noun

grav f, m (definite singular grava or graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

  1. a grave (place of burial)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

  1. imperative of grave

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf

Noun

grav f (definite singular grava, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

  1. a grave (place of burial)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

  1. imperative of grava and grave

References


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French grave, Latin gravis. Compare the inherited doublet greu.

Adjective

grav m, n (feminine singular gravă, masculine plural gravi, feminine and neuter plural grave)

  1. grave, serious
  2. critical, important, weighty
  3. severe, stern
  4. earnest
  5. baritone, low in pitch, tone

Declension

Synonyms

Adverb

grav

  1. gravely

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (grave, trench, ditch), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (to dig, scratch, scrape). Compare Danish and Norwegian grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grav

  1. severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder
  2. grave (accent)

Declension

Inflection of grav
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grav gravare gravast
Neuter singular gravt gravare gravast
Plural grava gravare gravast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 grave gravare gravaste
All grava gravare gravaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Noun

grav c

  1. a grave

Declension

Inflection of grav 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grav graven gravar gravarna
Genitive gravs gravens gravars gravarnas

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